Paris celebrates the work of Andy Warhol

From 18 March to 13 July 2009, National Galleries "Grand Palais" in Paris will host the exhibition The Great World of Andy Warhol. Rich with 250 pieces, this collection aims to make its unprecedented wealth...

Blogworld & New Media Expo -- “Woodstock For Wordsmiths” :: MAXINE

"Attending a tradeshow usually becomes an exercise in real work. One attends conference modules headed up by well oiled presentations that are tightly scripted and thinly veiled attempts at a one hour...

Vivoleum: a new power source made from dead people?

"By the time candles supposedly made from remains of a deceased ExxonMobil janitor named Reggie Watts were handed out, an audience of oil and gas professionals attending a keynote luncheon at Calgary's Gas and Oil...

RF-WiFi-ID – Tracking With Combined Technologies :: Symblogogy

"At a recent exposition held at London’s Olympia Exposition Centre, The Wireless Event – delivering enterprise mobility, Motorola, and Siemens unveiled systems that were jointly developed with the Finnish firm...

Painting of Jolie [ala Virgin Mary, with kids] draws notice

"RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a...

Today in history - Dec. 1

"Today is Friday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2006. There are 30 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. Mrs. Parks was arrested, sparking a...

In the future, we'll all stay at Japanese Love Hotels

"Back in August a bunch of hotel architect types got together with a few design companies and put their own George Jetson spin on the hotel of the future. Forward-thinking it may be in some cases, though we can't...

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